News from June 2019
By DOE Newswire | Jun 13, 2019
News Release: U.S. Sen. Lisa Murkowski, R-Alaska, today chaired a hearing of the Energy and Natural Resources Committee to examine the outlook for the 2019 wildfire season and the nation’s fire management programs.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 13, 2019
News Release: Law Enforcement Effort Will Coordinate Action Against Foreign Fraud Schemes that Target American Seniors.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 13, 2019
News Release: SENTENCING - Sherryol Elton Clack, Jr.
By Commerce Newswire | Jun 13, 2019
News Release: Washington, D.C. - Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.), Ranking Member of the Senate Budget Committee, and Rep. Elijah E. Cummings (D-Md.), Chairman of the House Committee on Oversight and Reform, wrote to Attorney General William Barr to urge him to investigate 20 generic drug manufacturers for allegedly engaging in an unprecedented, multi-billion-dollar price-fixing conspiracy in violation of federal antitrust law.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 13, 2019
News Release: NEW BERN - United States Attorney Robert J. Higdon, Jr. announced that in federal court, before Chief United States District Judge Terrence W. Boyle, CALVIN MARK WILSON, also known as “Bali," 35, of New Bern, North Carolina was sentenced to 35 years (420 months) in federal prison for conspiring to distribute and possess with the intent to distribute one thousand (1,000) grams or more of heroin and a quantity of marijuana.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 13, 2019
News Release: SOUTH BEND - Jaronna Groves, age 22, of South Bend, Indiana, was sentenced before United States District Court Judge Robert L. Miller, Jr. upon her plea of guilty to possession of a firearm in furtherance of a drug trafficking crime and possessing with intent to distribute fentanyl, announced U.S. Attorney Kirsch.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 13, 2019
News Release: BUFFALO, N.Y. - U.S. Attorney James P. Kennedy, Jr. announced today that Michael Wright, 56, of New York, NY, pleaded guilty before U.S. District Judge Richard J. Arcara to conspiracy to commit wire fraud and aggravated identity theft. The charges carry a minimum penalty of two years in prison, a maximum of 22 years, and a $500,000 fine.
By Interior Newswire | Jun 13, 2019
News Release: Craters of the Moon staff and partner organizations will host a special event celebrating the 50th anniversary of astronauts walking on the “Moon" (on the lunar surface and right here in Idaho!) on Saturday, July 20. Special activities, listed in detail below, will include presentations by astronaut...
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 13, 2019
News Release: PITTSBURGH, PA - After deliberating for two hours, a federal jury of seven men and five women found Taurean Potter guilty of one count of Conspiracy to Distribute Cocaine and one count of Distribution of Cocaine, United States Attorney Scott W. Brady announced today.
By Homeland Newswire | Jun 13, 2019
News Release: HOUSTON - A southwest Houston man pleaded guilty Thursday to conspiring to sex traffic three adult women by means of force and violence in Houston and other locations across the country.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 13, 2019
News Release: NEW ORLEANS - U.S. Attorney Peter G. Strasser announced that NICHOLAS ROTUNDA ALLEN, age 39, an inmate in Jimmy Autry State Prison in Pelham, Georgia, pleaded guilty yesterday before United States District Judge Martin L.C. Feldman to conspiracy to commit wire fraud, in violation of 18 U.S.C. ' 371, for his role in perpetrating a grand jury fraud scam and victimizing a resident of the Eastern District of Louisiana.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 13, 2019
News Release: LOS ANGELES - An Inland Empire man who operated a series of companies that purported to provide debt-relief, primarily to distressed homeowners, has been found guilty of defrauding victims who paid thousands of dollars after attending seminars that promoted a “Free and Clear" program pitched by the defendant and his salespeople.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 13, 2019
News Release: Spokane - Joseph H. Harrington, United States Attorney for the Eastern District of Washington, announced that Michael Leavitt, age 54 of Warden, Washington, was sentenced today after having pleaded guilty on March 14, 2019, to receipt of child pornography. Chief United States District Judge Thomas O.
By Interior Newswire | Jun 13, 2019
News Release: CODY, Wyo. - Veterans, their family members, volunteers and the Bureau of Land Management came together June 1 under sunny skies and on calm waters to fish, paddle, and celebrate veterans and public lands at the inaugural Veterans Family Fishing Classic at the Hogan/Luce Recreation Area near Cody.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 13, 2019
News Release: SOUTH BEND - Mario Ward II, age 23, of LaPorte, Indiana, was sentenced before United States District Court Judge Robert L. Miller, Jr. upon his plea of guilty to 2 counts of being a felon in possession of a firearm, announced U.S. Attorney Kirsch.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 13, 2019
News Release: PORTLAND, Ore.-A federal grand jury in Portland returned a six-count indictment today charging Lebanon, Oregon business owner Robert A. Lund, 62, with evading $1.7 million in income taxes, failing to file individual income tax returns, obstructing or impeding the IRS and theft of government funds as part of a multi-year scheme to defraud the U.S...
By DOL Newswire | Jun 13, 2019
News Release: Washington, D.C. - Yesterday, in a speech on the Senate floor, U.S. Senator Patty Murray (D-WA), ranking member of the Senate Health, Education, Labor, and, Pensions (HELP) Committee, joined Democrats in speaking up for the millions of people across the country who rely on Medicaid for quality, affordable...
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 13, 2019
News Release: SOUTH BEND - Jaronna Groves, age 22, of South Bend, Indiana, was sentenced before United States District Court Judge Robert L. Miller, Jr. upon her plea of guilty to possession of a firearm in furtherance of a drug trafficking crime and possessing with intent to distribute fentanyl, announced U.S. Attorney Kirsch.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 13, 2019
News Release: PHOENIX -On June 10, 2019, Vien Tang, 49, of Chandler, AZ, was sentenced by U.S. District Judge David G. Campbell to 8 months in prison for Unlawful Importation of Tobacco.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 13, 2019
News Release: HOUSTON - A 28-year old resident of Katy has admitted he conspired to compel three adult women to engage in sex trafficking by means of force and violence in Houston and other locations across the country, announced U.S. Attorney Ryan K. Patrick.
